Wednesday 11am: Bible Study

Wednesday 4:30pm: Children’s Choir Rehearsal

Wednesday 7pm: Bible Study

Wednesday 7pm: 11:15am Choir Rehearsal

Thursday 5:30pm: Contemplative Prayer Group

Thursday 7:30pm: 9am Choir Rehearsal 

Our word of the week from The Episcopal Church glossary is two words this week, apostolic succession. Read all about it here. Wikipedia also has the line of succession in The Episcopal Church, and you can find Bishop Beisner, who will visit us this Sunday, on the list at #1008.

Bishop Barry Beisner will be visiting us this Sunday morning, and will preach and celebrate at all three morning services. Please note that Sutter Street will be closed for the annual antiques fair. For the past several years, we haven’t noticed much of an increased parking problem due to the antique fair, and the awesome folks at Historic Folsom have asked their vendors to avoid parking in this neighborhood, but you might want to plan to arrive a bit earlier than usual just in case. Sunday School for Children and Adults is cancelled this Sunday, so actually the parking should be easier than most Sundays here since the 9am folks will have cleared out completely before the 11:15am folks arrive. The confirmations and receptions are spread out almost evenly across the three morning services, so that will help, too. Pray for those being confirmed and received into The Episcopal Church this Sunday: at 7:30am, Wendy Burke, Andrew Gall, Taylor Gall, Chloe Taylor, and Ryland Taylor; at 9am, Connie Buckley, Tim Buckley, Ian Cederstrom, Clark Gillies, Jessica Hodge, Kathy Meier, Jackson Reid, and Lisa Warren; at 11:15am, Kai Baro, Marlene Gipson, Eleanor Hepworth, Jared Kwek, Linda McNeill, Jorim Rhee, Cameron Smith, Sue Spencer, Dan Vincent, and Libby Vincent; and pray for our Director of Music, Brett Judson, who was confirmed in The Episcopal Church in February, and will be making a reaffirmation of his commitment to Christ at the 7:30am service as he begins this new calling of service to God and the Church. Pray, too, for Isabella Chilcutt, Cheryl Mattox, and Christine Pittman, who aren’t able to be with us this Sunday and will be confirmed later this fall when the bishop visits Trinity Cathedral and Our Savior Placerville.   

Our annual blessing of the animals, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, is scheduled for Sunday, September 30th, at 1pm in the church. We’ll have a brief service, including a short sermon and Eucharist. Please bring your pet on a leash or in a carrier, for their safety and ours. If your pet can’t attend, feel free to bring a photo and we will bless them in absentia. And non-Episcopalian pets are most welcome, so please invite your animal-loving family, friends, and neighbors, to join us for what is always a delightful service! 

Starting this weekend, the church will be selling its new Trinity T-Shirts for $15 (at cost)! If you’re interested in purchasing a shirt or two, we’ll have order forms and sample sizes available in the parish hall until Sunday, September 30th. You may also email Fr. Charlie if you would like to place an order.  

Many thanks to those of you who’ve donated to 3Strands Global, or have signed-up to walk/run their “Break Free Run”. In terms of funds raised, the Trinity Trekkers are currently ranked 4th out of 54 teams! To celebrate, all those who have donated or signed-up to race are invited to a special carbo-loading dinner in the Parish Hall’s Annex on Friday, September 21st. Please stop by for some pre-race fellowship and a homemade pasta meal. ~Fr. Charlie 

The parish prayer list is joining the 21st century and becoming a digital ministry. If you have a request to add to the parish prayer list, e-mail  prayers@trinityfolsom.org. The new intercessory prayer group (we’re working on a new monthly meeting time) is taking on, as part of its ministry of intercessory prayer, praying for those on the parish prayer list; your prayer request will be kept confidential within the intercessory prayer group. If you’re interested in attending this prayer group, or possibly praying for the names on the parish prayer list even though you can’t attend, e-mail Fr. Charlie. The parish prayer list isn’t read aloud during Sunday services, but if you have a prayer request you would like read during the Prayers of the People, go up to the lectern before the service, flip to the prayers for that service in the white notebook on the lectern, and use one of the pencils on the lectern to write in the name on the blank lines at the end of the prayers.

Each Sunday, the flowers behind the altar are given to the glory of God, and in memory of the dead, or in thanksgiving for living loved ones, for answered prayers, or for life events like births, graduations, weddings, and anniversaries. The suggested donation is $50. If you’re wondering what happens to the flowers, they don’t go to waste! After the Sunday evening service, they are divided into smaller bouquets and taken to parishioners, and to non-parishioners in local nursing homes. You can donate altar flowers on the website.

Trinity Episcopal Church

 801 Figueroa Street

Folsom, CA 95630

(916) 985-2495 ~ www.trinityfolsom.org